University to Close at 5 p.m. Tuesday (March 3)

The University will close at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday, March 3). All evening classes
scheduled to start at, or after, 5 p.m. are canceled. Food service will be open until
8 p.m. in Connecticut Hall, and until midnight in the Adanti Student Center.

64 Days of Nonviolence 2010

The 64 Days officially begins on January 30, the day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated,
and ends on April 4, the day we commemorate Dr. King. In our sixth annual observation,
we continue to celebrate the many cultures and heritages among us, including our observation
of Black History Month, Women's History Month, and Asian/Pacific Heritage Month.

February

16th: Film screening of Lost Boys and talk with Jurkuch Jameswal Atem (Adanti Student
Center Theatre; 5-9 p.m.) (POSTPONED TILL A LATER TIME DUE TO SNOWSTORM);

17th: Martin Luther King Memorial, "Dream Alive," with Joe Rogers (Adanti Student
Center Ballroom; 1 p.m.), to help increase the understanding of the enormous contributions
that Dr. King and other Civil Rights movement leaders imparted to the nation;

20th: The 15th Annual African American Women's Summit, a Sisters' Collective in New
Haven;

30th: Screening of "The Price of Pleasure," a critical examination of pornography,
incorporating voices of consumers, critics, and pornography producers and performers
(Engleman A 120; 5-7:30 p.m.);

31st: "Canto," a flamenco performance choreographed by Melinda Bronson, honoring women
through dance, music and poetry of Pablo Neruda, in conjunction with a panel discussion
on the Mirabal sisters about women as freedom fighters (Kendall Drama Lab; 12:30-2
p.m.);

April

8th: An OWL (Opportunity for Women's Leadership) Empowerment Symposium, our sixth
leadership conference with young women from largely New Haven high schools such as
James Hillhouse and Wilbur Cross (Engleman B 121 A&B; 8 a.m.-3 p.m.);

14th: "Take Back the Night," an annual event to stop violence against women and shatter
the silence;

30th: A SAGE Center-led, multi-campus student conference/seminar on transgender issues,
with Brooks Nelson as the keynote speaker, along with a screening of the film Switch:
A Community in Transition;

May

5th: "Speak Out Against Discrimination," a campus-wide event to raise awareness about
all forms of discrimination and oppression, in conjunction with "Tunnel of Oppression";

10th & 11th: "Tunnel of Oppression," a two-day campus-wide event (Adanti Student Center
Ballroom) to raise awareness about all forms of discrimination and oppression, in
conjunction with "Speak Out Against Discrimination."